The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-09-03
Political Notes.

Sylvanus II. Sweet has declined the New
York United Labor nomination for State
Engineer and Surveyor. He says he knows
nothing about the Labor party.
The Democratic State Committee of New
York met on Tuesday in Saratoga and issued
call for the holding of the State Convention
in that city on September 9th.
The United Labor Party of Hamilton coun-
ty, Ohio, held convention on Tuesday in
Cincinnati, 500 delegates being present, and
nominated candidates for State Senators and
county officers.
The new board of supervisors of elections
for Baltimore city. which has Just been APP
pointed by Gov. Lloyd, is composed of gen
tlemen whose character and standing in the
community afford sufficient guarantee to any
reasonable mind that the difficult task OF Sc
lecting the officers of election will be dis
charged by them with scrupulous fidelity TO
the public interests.-Bdltimore Sun.
The Prohibition State Convention of New
York at Syracuse concluded its abors on
Friday of last week About 1000 delegates
were in attendance, of whom l34 were for
merly Democrats, the rest being ex-Republi-
cans. In the morning session a short ex-
animation was held with the object of discov-
ering the standing of each delegate in his
church. All were found to be church mem
bers. Ninety-6ve were ministers, and large
number of the others were Sunday School
superintendent A ticket was nominated
headed by Rev. d. W. 9. Huntington, of AL
| legany, for Secretary of State.
The Kansas City Times publishes answers
| to inquiries sent throughout Kansas and Mis-
souri, relative to Presidential preferences. In
Missouri 270 answers from Democrats were
received. OF these PSI were for Cleveland,
for Thurman, for Wade Hampton and the
rest scattering. The Republicans sent 26l
4 answers, of which 125 were for Blaine, II for
Sherman. Al for Lincoln and the rest scatter
| ing. In Kansas 326 Democrats answered as
! follows: Cleveland, BOG; Thurman, 4; Hill,
6; remainder scattering. The Republicans
| sent 302 answers, of which lSl were for
! Blaine. SO for Sherman, A for Lincoln and
the rest scattering.
The New York Star states that Frank Far
1rell, a weii-known colored man, vice chair
1 man of the county committee of New York
| county, and one of Henry Georges most
trusted lieutenants, has deserted the standard
of his chief for the reason that he has become
disguised with Georges display of one man
power, The Star states that in one Assembly
district last fall Farrell induced 400 colored
men to vote for George for mayor. These
votes" says the Star, "will not be cast for
Henry George this fall, and so disguised are
the colored voters with the management of
the gilt edged district under the boss rule of
Colonel George Bliss and his Union League
eoterie that the former colored Georgeites and
disguised Republicans have signihed their in
tentions of going over to the Democracy.
They claim to find little difference between
the boss rule of Bliss and that of George"
Hon. C. r. O'Ferrall has prepared an an
swer to the pamphlet recently issued by Gen.
Malone. Col. 0'Ferrall quotes from the
Record to show that Malone, while Senator,
voted against the amendment offered to the
dependent pension bill to impose a tax on in
comes to meet its requirements. He voted
against the amendment to the same bill to put
Mexican soldiers and their widows upon the
the pension roll. He voted for the dependent
pension BILL He voted against the amend
ment to the pleuro-pneumonia bill making a
liberal appropriation to aid in stamping out
this disease among cattle. He voted to per-
petuate land grants to railroads. He voted
to continue the Northern Pacific Railroad ex-
emption from taxation. He voted to permit
members of Congress to act as attorneys and
employees of railroads in cases in which the
United States may be interested. He voted
against the conference report of the two
houses on the interstate commerce bill. Al
though Gen. Malone claimes to be a warm
friend of the Blair bill, he voted for Senator
Hale amendment, which provided thatineaeh
State in which there shall be separate schools
for white and eolored children the money paid
in SUCH State shall be apportioned and paid
out for the support of such white and calored
schools in the proportion that the illiteracy OF
the white and colored persons bear to each
other according to the census of 1880. Gen.
Malone did not vote nor was he paired on the
amendment of Senator Plumb making the
Blair bill effective only upon its acceptance
by three fourths of the States. These are
some of the charges of commission upon
which Col. O'Ferrall arraigns the late Seua-
tor Then follows long and spicy list OF
omissions on the part of Malone. The COM
munication concludes as follows: 'To every
question what has he done for the public good
he must answer-nothing and if he does not.
the Record will answer for him-nothing.
here assert, without fear of contradiction by
any one familiar with the facts, that there is
not an act of legislation of general interest to
the country or State upon which the finger of
i William Malone has been impressed, or in
behalf of which his voice was ever raised or
his influence ever felt"
Two convicts, who were acting as engineer
and fireman respectively of q steam yacht
employed by officials of the Kingston Cont.
Pententiary, made off with the yacht, after
landing the officers, on Tuesday, and steamed